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Lacquered Poems - Poems about Lacquered

Premium Member Xemidoofnac
...A heron watched me from painted rushes, brush-stroked by a man who lived in a wagon lacquered with stars and road-dust and wind, who sometimes drank too much and thundered. They say he wan......

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Categories: lacquered, art, bird, imagery, in
Form: Free verse
Lignified Soul
...You found me nearly hollowed out. A bag of bones upon the ground My soul retreats into my pith But not before you catch a glimpse My soul hides within my core For the light it had, it has no mor......

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Categories: lacquered, love hurts,
Form: Free verse



To a future Lover
...I am watching 3 inches off of the floor, The man outside waits at my door I know the screams from within the box Howl and call upon your order upon the rocks But I know you can hold your tongue ......

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Categories: lacquered, desire, solitude, youth,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member The quill this evening is not a mere instrument, but a primordial beast
...The quill this evening is not a mere instrument, but a primordial beast, A lacquered leviathan with a tip sharp as obsidian fangs, Its body coiled like an ouroboros, devouring its own ink in vengea......

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Categories: lacquered, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Watch as the archer of sorrow steps slowly among the shadows of lost memories
...Watch as the archer of sorrow steps slowly among the shadows of lost memories, Clad in robes woven from the threads of promises forgotten on the shelves of time, His quiver rattling with arrows soa......

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Categories: lacquered, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



The Itch She Cannot Scratch
... she sits at the bar near chamberlain high school, her nails chewed to nothing, a lipstick smear on the rim of her glass. the men orbit her like moths, drawn to her heat, but she keeps her eyes......

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Categories: lacquered, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Brawny Ale
...A frothy crown, pale as the whites  Of eyes widened with fascination, Perched on a robust body, deep as molasses. Brooding; concealing a warm rapport. But still so condescending, its stout postur......

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Categories: lacquered, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Because The Monster Writes Poetry
...The Monster is massive with fangs and with claws all lacquered and sharpened sticking out from its jaws The Monster is ghoulish with deep, sunken eyes it speaks whispers of wi......

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Categories: lacquered, angel, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Unfinished Archive
...In lacquered boxes, six feet down, Rest whispers of the unbought crown - The paintings left in mental drafts, The kindness stored away in crafts. Between the satin folds they place The morning......

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Categories: lacquered, poetry, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Haunted Woods
...This is the tale of young Polkahontus. She lives in the forest; her aim is to taunt us. The squeezebox is ancient; it’s lacquered and red; she communes with the spirits and plays for the dead. ......

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Categories: lacquered, music, night, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Third Party At A Party For Two
...Imagination nude liquored and lacquered lips ember-breathing phoenix ..lighter fluid magic when let loose near a flame.. combustible thigh-highs when moonshine-high is nigh— the moon she bathe......

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Categories: lacquered, desire, fun, imagery, romantic
Form: Free verse
meeting a princess
...Meeting a princess It was, according to the old, the coldest winter any could remember, the wise said it was because the war had disturbed the weather pattern One day, it snowed, then it got m......

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Categories: lacquered, absence, abuse, anti bullying,
Form: Blank verse
Disenchanted
...I am as an infant Reaching For the stars Above my crib Fascinated so By shiny A piece Of metal scraps And lacquered wood Hanging By silver threads On the lattice Of the skies.......

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Categories: lacquered, growing up,
Form: Free verse
The Colors of Gray
...Paris was built gray, though in summer, the trees and the umbrellas upload color. The architecture spills over into gay shades of silver and pewter. Edinburgh is gray, gray are the plastic rain......

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Categories: lacquered, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Read a Poem Then Thought About It a Lot
... after Dilly Dally She bought a button to be pinned on vintage dresses to be placed back on the lacquered shelf after another day at the gallery: getting lost in brushstrokes of ligh......

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Categories: lacquered, art, poetry,
Form: Ekphrasis

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